Four Mental Health
Reflection on mental health needs
iKditnrs note: The following
article Is the first of a scries of
four, In ho published In the
fJnzelle-Tlmejt consecutively
throughout the month of My.
Ilv Tend Teni plenum. Phi),
Mny Is Nationul Mental
lleiillh Month. As we busy
ourselves with the Activities or
spring, it isn good idea to take
o few minutes and reflect on
our own menlnl henlth needs.
Heing menially healthy
menus being nble to cope with
life's problems without mak
I im thine worse than they
ore It does not mean that we
ore free from stress or that we
nuiv have no problems, Neith
er does it mean that we are
boppv all the time or perfectly
under control. Rather, the
mentally healthy person is nnp
who generally feels good
enoiit'h about himself or
herself to fare life's problems
realistically and to try to do
someihinc about them.
II has been estimated thai 15
IM'icent of the population of
the I'nited Stales has some
kind of mental health problem
in nnv given year. Such
problems mav range from
feling depressed, worthless
and unable to gel up in the
morning, to feeling frightened
and out of touch with reablv,
or anxious about iff jn
geiternl Approximately two
percent of the population
receive some form of mental
health services each vear. In
Morrow fount v this cor
responrls In ulioill tr( people
mt vear who seek help at our
clinics Others seek help from
personal ptivsicinns. pastors,
teachers, or friends
Tvpicallv. people with emo
tional problems feel like tbev
have run out of solutions, or
believe thai they are Incap
able of following through with
Sharon Croweil to represent
lone at Ore. Girlg State
Sharon Crnwell. a .junior at
lone High School has been
chosen Jo attend the 42nd
annual session of Oregon Girls
State. The session is sponsor
ed by the American Legion
Auxiliary and will Ik? held
June ISIR.
The daughter of Howard and
June Croweil of lone, Sharon
will represent the lone Ameri
can l,egion Auxiliary at the
session.
Miss Croweil attended a tea
held in Mermiston on Satur
day. April 24. and met with
other area citizens of Girls
Stale,
Girls are chosen by their
(nullifications in leadership,
character and honesty, in
operativeness, community
participation and service and
scholarship, il was stated in a
lone student recipient
of Scholarship
lone High School senior
Margaiel Dulierly hat, been
named the recipient of this
year's Morrow County Educa
tion Association Scholarship.
The $500 award is presented
each year to a graduating
Morrow County senior who
plans on entering the teaching
profession after college.
Doherty will enter Oregon
State University in the fall and
major in elementary educa
tion She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Doherty.
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cRiciption following
solutions other people offer
them For this reason, merelv
giving advice to people with
personal problems Is not
.'llw.'IVK helpful. . ,
Mental health professionals
ore trained In go beyond
riving advice, Psychotherapy
is a process in which a
clinician discusses problems
wilh persons in need to help
them develop insight into
either themselves or their
problems, so that thev can
approach them more realist!
cnllv There are manv different
schools of psychotherapy,
ranging from psychoanalysis
io behavior therapy, hut all of
hem are designed to help
fH-rsons think, feel and act
more productively in what
ever situation they have to
lace Medications have also
become an increasingly im
w.ii;inl part of mental health
services in recent years,
Medications used apprnpriate
l can improve an emotional
or menial state so that the
person with problems can
Munk more elearlv and feel
more in control
"since I "174, Morrow County
bas owned and operated its
own mental health services
lir its residents It currently
inplnvs Iwo full time clinic
ians w it h advanced degrees in
psychology who are available
lor individual, marital, or
lamilv Iherapv, Twenty-four
hour crisis services are avail
able for Ixtth the north and
south ends of the county.
I'-u hi at ric ion suit at ions
limn Kastern Oregon Hospital
are provided regularly. Con
sultation in local schools, the
hospital, and law enforcement
at'encies are also provided.
Morrow County Mental Health
Services are financed by
elteni feifs and slate and
i-oiintv funds
Girls' State Brochure.
The Oregon Girls State
- program -will be limited to a
select group of girls who will
constitute a model state. They
assume the duties of citizens
by electing their own city,
county, and state officials.
They set up their own city and
county governments: they
conduct court sessions, pass
and enforce city ordinances.
They elect their own state
senators and representatives:
and in their legislature. he
pirls introduce, debate, and
pass bills. They will also visit
the state capital All girls have
the opportunity to take an
active part in the government
program, since they live as
self governing citizens during
the full period of the session,
the brochure stated.
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Margaret Doherty
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Morter, LaRue named valedictorian,
salutatorian at lone High School
Diann Morter and Michelle
I .a Hue of lone High School
have been named valedictor
ian and salulAtorian. respec
tively, n was recently announ
ced from the school,
Morter is the daughter of
Perry and Kalhy Morter of
lone She is n member of the
Girls' letter Club, a member
ol National Honor Society and
bas a grade point average of
:? W She was class president
during , her junior year, has
participated in volleyball and
baskethall during her four
vears nl IMS and served as a
varsity cheerleader during
her junior vear. She is also
active in 4 H Cluh activities
and placed second in the
senior division of the state
Make it wilh Wool Contest,
and was runner-up in the
National Contest . Morter was
one of four eirls chosen to
represent lone in the Ameri-
Padbergs to cluiir Pioneer Picnic
Henry Pad berg was born in this house in Gronebach,
Germany. Karl Padberg presently occupies the house.
By JI STINE
WEATIIERFORD
A major annual event in
South Morrow County is the
Pioneer Picnic "held each"
Memorial Weekend at the
County Fairgrounds. This
year, the descendenls of
William Henry Padberg will
be chairman for the event.
Because this family has
records w hich go back many
years, the Gazette-Times will
publish several installments
about the Padbergs,
An organization called the
Familienverhand Padberg
County 4-Hers plan car
wash Saturday, May 15
By JOHN P, NOItDIIKIM
Morrow Co. Extension Agent
Morrow County 4-H mem
bers are sponsoring a free car
wash fund-raising activity on
Saturday. May 15. Members
are gathering advance pled
ges and will wash the cars at
no charge. The public is
encouraged to bring their cars
to the wash sites between the
Th greatest number of
been reported in the
Vote May 18 For
Richard J.
RlcWerney
For
Morrow County
District Attorney
(ftiid f by Richoid J. McNmy fof DAj
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Diann Morter
can l,eiion Auxiliary's Girls
S'a'c last vear
Laltue is the daughter of Del
and l.ind.i l.nltue of lone. She
also is a member of the IHS
Girls' Letter Club and Nation
al Honor Society She has
participated in vollevhall. has
l -e'k'itl aoH mrW diiriop nil of
has been actively involved for
over a hundred years collect
ing the history, both ancient
and modern, of the family,
t'ntil recently, the organiza
" t ion centered fts " "research in
Germany, but in 1970 attempts
were made to collect the
records of the families of the
15 Padberg immigrants in
America.
Daniel L. Padberg of the
Familienberband Padberg.
who lives in Iowell. Indiana,
states that "All Padbergs are
related Our origins lie deep in
medieval Europe. Our 750
progenitor was Ekbert, the
hours ol io a.m. and 4 p.m.
In Morrow County the wash
sites include: A C. Houghton
Elementary School at Irrigon:
at the Texaco Station at
Roardman and behind the Ies
SchwabTire Store in Heppner.
All proceeds are used to
further the 4-H programs both
at the local and state level.
For more information call
John Nordheim. Morrow
County Extension agent.
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state
sightings hive
of California.
teway WmI Irrctuw. 301 Colombo Av. N.W
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Michelle Laltue
her four years at the school
and was also chosen to attend
Girls State last year Present
ly. Laltue serves as secretary
treasurer of the senior class
She plans to attend Oregon
State I 'niversit v next vear and
major in business.
Duke of the Saxons. In the 10th
century, our family founded
the town of Padberg. building
castles there, and becoming
the Counts of Padberg. Harold
III. Count, was the first to use
the surname Padberg in 1029.
"During the following cen
turies, certain Padbergs lo
cated in Westfalen outside
Padlierg. These persons are
responsible for the five
branches of the family. The
-Knry Padberg family be
longs to the German Branch
Kustclberg which began in
I.YM) with Johann von Pad
lierg." Daniel Padlierg stated.
Henry Padberg's family
knows that he was due for
induction into the military
service in Germany when with
his father's help, he was
smuggled aboard a ship bound
for America late in 1851 or
early in 1852. when he was
about 18 years old. He arrived
in this strange new country
unable to speak its language
and traveled across the conti
nent, eventually settling in
Eugene. By 1867. he had
married a girl of English
ancestry. Martha Vianna
Itiggs and their first child was
iorn in Eugene. In 1870. Henry
moved with his wife. Ihen
seven months pregnant, their
daughter, and his wife's
parents to a farm on Rhea
Creek in Morrow County. Four
miles short of their destina
tion, at a stage coach stop,
their second child was born
prematurely. The remaining
four children were all born on
the farm of Henry Padberg.
one of the early settlers of
Kastern Oregon.
Two IHS girls chosen to
Two lone High School girls.
Darla Anglin and Sharon
Croweil. have been selected to
attend, with 3(K) other Oregon
students and 60 teachers.
Oregon Business Week. Ore
gon Business Week will be
held at Western Oregon State
College. Monmouth, July
2531.
The teachers and students
are able to attend by receiving
a $150 scholarship, which
covers room, board and mat
erials, said Jack Zimmerman
of Associated Oregon Indus
tries. They will learn from a
volunteer faculty of over 150
business people; fundamental
ecomonies. essential business
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Sue, Boozer & Rick
Boocdman, OR 97818)
The Heppner Gazette-Tlmei. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, May 6, 1982-SEVEN
County residents celebrate 50 years
of Extension programs
K.vHmoiNKTl'M.IS
Morrow Co. Extension Service
To celbrale 50 golden years
of Extension Home Econo
mics programs, a crowd of
women gathered to celebrate
the annual Extension Home
maker's Day in Irrigon last
week. Special programs of the
day offered fashions, fun and
nostalgia, as well as recogni
tion by special awards.
Chosen Extension Woman of
19R2 was Jaunita Ryan of
Irrigon. Each year an out
standing study group member
is chosen from the county to be
named for the .recognition.
Presenting the special award
was Mildred Wright of Hep
pner. who had received the
honor in 1981.
The North Morrow Home
makers Study Group of Ir-rignn-Boardman.
again cap
tured the title of Study Group
of the Year. Their accomplish
ments included raising funds
and donating over $1,000 to the
HHS student
By CATHY PECK
( Pal Slruthers. a sophomore
at Heppner High School,
placed second in the category
of mental" calculations of
Algebra II during a statewide'
Math Contest held April 27 at
Oregon State University.
St rut hers qualified for the
slate contest by taking a blue
ribbon in the Algebra II Math
Skills Contest held at B.M.C.C.
earlier this month.
He also took first place in an
earth science test as part of a
science team. For his efforts
he received a book "Rediscov
ery of Earth." Struthers also
took first place in that test last
year and received a book.
Both volumes are now housed
Hope, Valby
sponsoring refugee family
By CATHY PECK
Members of Hope and Valby
Lutheran congregations met
with Barbara Brocker. of the
Lutheran Rufugee Program in
a preliminary discussion con
cerning the sponsorship of a
refugee family. The pre
sentation, film and discussion
were held on April 25.
Refugee families from Indo
china. Afghanistan. Etheopia.
Poland and Rumania have
escaped those countries and
are seeking assylum. Mrs.
Broker stated. The United
States is one of several
countries accepting refugees:
people fleeing their countries
practices and how to prepare
themselves for the business
career of their choice, Zim
merman said. Participants
will also operate a business of
their own through a computer
ized management game, and
visit businesses in the mid
Willamette Valley, he added.
Primary sponsors of Oregon
Business Week in addition to
WOSC. he said, are the State
Department of Education,
This
j Don't Miss HeppnTilg
I SPRING CONCERT
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Your Home-Owned, Independent Bank"
j MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Senior Citizen Buiding Fund In
Irrigon: volunteer time donat
ed 668 hours to senior pro
grams: clothing for needy
tiiiiui en at On iblrna; help
ing with a Grandparent Pro
gram at A.C. Houghton Ele
mentary School; trees planted
for beauty and conservation at
the two new schools in north
Morrow: and many other
volunteer community pro
jects. The lone study group
was named as runner up for
their community Easter egg
hunts, publishing a commun
ity cookbook and other com
munity projects.
Four Morrow County
women were awarded certifi
cates and red carnations to
note their fifty years partici
pation in Extension home
economics programs. Receiv
ing the honors were Dorris
Graves. Mildred Wright and
Emma Drake, all of Heppner,
and Edna Mulkey of Irrigon.
Programs of the day includ
ed a demonstration Looking
places 2nd in state contest
at the Heppner High School
library
The Heppner student has
plans to go to college and
would like to be an astrophysi
cist, he slated. If he majors on
astrophysics he would like to
attend Arizona State Univer
sity. The run Kit Peak
Observatory, he pointed out.
Kitf Peak has just about every
kind of equipment available in
the field, he added.
His other career choice
would be to go into computer
programming, and use astro
nomy as a hobby.
Competetors in the state
wide contest that place first,
all around in math, and are
seniors, receive a scholarship
Of $1,000.00
congregations
because they fear
persecution for reasons of
religion, political activity or
nationality, according to Mrs.
Brocker.
The refugees seeking
asylum in the United States
are fleeing communist count
ries, she said. First countries
of asylum are France. Can
ada. Germany and the United
Slates. Resettlement involves
culture and language training,
the acquisitnn of temporary
housing, clothing, food and a
job The family's receive
support until they begin to
become self-sufficient. As
families become self-sufficient,
thev assume total cost
attend Business Week
Oregon Council on Economic
Education and the Associated
Wrecker Service is now
available along with
Automotive Service &
Auto God Repair
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Good.. .Make Up for all Ages;
a brief history with slides
depicting local Extension
events of the past 50 years by
Ruth ?,?cCabe of lone; Fashions-Then
and When by Bir
dine Tullis. a documentary of
national events from the great
depression days to present,
and fashions to accompany
each era. Collectors clothing
and hats were displayed and
modeled by study group
members as the final fashion
event to commemorate the
fifty year period.
Nancy Rogers, chairperson
of the Homemakers Advisory
Committee served as mistress
of ceremonies for the day.
Hostesses for the annual
event was the North Morrow
Homemakers Group. Rhea
Creek Study Group provided
the pre-event coffee hour.
The crowd agreed that
"Looking .back is fun. and
needs to be done now and
then., but looking ahead is far
better."
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Pat Struthers
consider
and responsibility for them
selves, she continued.
Members of the two congre
gations voted by a wide
margin on Sunday. May" 2, to
continue their investigation of
the sponsorship of a refugee
family. A committee of eleven
members will look into com
munity resources to study the
size and type of family that
would best fit into a local
community. Based on the ,
information they assemble,
the committee will then re
commend to the congregation,
the feasibility of sponsoring a
family. The final decision on
whether or not to sponsor a
family will then be made by
the congregations.
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